thế gian còn dại chưa khôn Sống mặt áo rách, chết chôn áo lành
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Meaning · English
The world is still foolish, not yet wise — alive in torn shirts, buried in fine ones — spending on the dead what the living needed.
Literally: living: wear the ragged; dead: buried in the sound shirt
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “thế gian còn dại chưa khôn Sống mặt áo rách, chết chôn áo lành” mean?
The world is still foolish, not yet wise — alive in torn shirts, buried in fine ones — spending on the dead what the living needed. Literally: living: wear the ragged; dead: buried in the sound shirt
Is “thế gian còn dại chưa khôn Sống mặt áo rách, chết chôn áo lành” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.